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Fluid Venting System - Hydrocarbon Leakage Indicators
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Classification of MDAC tubes


Presented by Jean-Philippe Blouet, Patrice Imbert, Sutieng Ho in 11th Conference of Gas in Marine Sediment, 2012


MDAC tubes have various morphologies, as demonstrated by a classification of Blouet et al. (2012) that tubes are organized principally in three different ways: individual tube, tube-clustered nodules and beds.

 The classification below is extracted and adapted from Blouet et al. (2012) (Fig. 1A-F):

“ Tubes, nodules and beds:
Jean-Philippe Blouet, carbonate, cold seep carbonate, methane derived authigenic carbonate, methane related carbonate, biogenic gas, petroleum system, hydrocarbon leakage, source rock, hydraulic fracture, diagenesis, carbonate tube, concretion, diagenetic elementary sequence, gas migration, fluid migration, pockmark, fluid flow, bioherm, Sutieng Ho, Patrice Imbert, Andreas Wetzel, Martin HovlandFig. A. Small tube showing complex branching.
1) Tubes (Fig. A, F): Tubes occur in two populations distinguished on the basis of their diameter:

        T
he large tubes (Fig. F) have an external diameter ranging from 40 to 60 cm. Their overall predominant orientation is subvertical, but they can show folding. They occur at preferential stratigraphic levels, where they are relatively scattered.

        Small tubes (Fig. A) range in external diameter from 2 to 15 cm, and can occur either isolated like their larger counterparts, or in various types of associations: vertically elongated clusters of tubes in a marly matrix, or in lenses with a high carbonate matrix content. Excavating behind the outcrop surface shows that small tubes are most of the time connected in a complex 3-D lattice, with no preferential orientation. 

Jean-Philippe Blouet, carbonate, cold seep carbonate, methane derived authigenic carbonate, methane related carbonate, biogenic gas, petroleum system, hydrocarbon leakage, source rock, hydraulic fracture, diagenesis, carbonate tube, concretion, diagenetic elementary sequence, gas migration, fluid migration, pockmark, fluid flow, bioherm, Sutieng Ho, Patrice Imbert, Andreas Wetzel, Martin HovlandFig. F. Large tube.
        All tubes have a well-expressed central conduit, with a diameter ranging from 1 to 3 centimeters. The conduit infill is highly variable from one tube to another and reveals a very complex story of successive cementations and dissolutions.
         Slabs made of broken tubes lying in horizontal position and encrusted by oyster-like bivalves are one the contrary filled with only a few early cements and mud similar to the surrounding marls.

 2) Nodules (tube clusters) (Fig. C, D): Irregular nodules (Fig. C, D) occur in layers defining in some cases roughly hemispheric domes (Fig. C) ca. 1 m in diameter with sharp boundaries
Jean-Philippe Blouet, carbonate, cold seep carbonate, methane derived authigenic carbonate, methane related carbonate, biogenic gas, petroleum system, hydrocarbon leakage, source rock, hydraulic fracture, diagenesis, carbonate tube, concretion, diagenetic elementary sequence, gas migration, fluid migration, pockmark, fluid flow, bioherm, Sutieng Ho, Patrice Imbert, Andreas Wetzel, Martin Hovland
Fig. C. Hemispheric dome made of nodules.
Jean-Philippe Blouet, carbonate, cold seep carbonate, methane derived authigenic carbonate, methane related carbonate, biogenic gas, petroleum system, hydrocarbon leakage, source rock, hydraulic fracture, diagenesis, carbonate tube, concretion, diagenetic elementary sequence, gas migration, fluid migration, pockmark, fluid flow, bioherm, Sutieng Ho, Patrice Imbert, Andreas Wetzel, Martin Hovland
Fig. D. Lenticular cluster of tubes.

3) Beds (Fig. B, E): The last type of carbonates in the Marnes Bleues Fm. consists of irregular limestone beds with occasional protruding roots (downwards) and “horns” (upward).” -  Blouet et al. (2012)
Jean-Philippe Blouet, carbonate, cold seep carbonate, methane derived authigenic carbonate, methane related carbonate, biogenic gas, petroleum system, hydrocarbon leakage, source rock, hydraulic fracture, diagenesis, carbonate tube, concretion, diagenetic elementary sequence, gas migration, fluid migration, pockmark, fluid flow, bioherm, Sutieng Ho, Patrice Imbert, Andreas Wetzel, Martin Hovland
Fig. B. Slab of broken tubes right above a cluster of tube.
Jean-Philippe Blouet, carbonate, cold seep carbonate, methane derived authigenic carbonate, methane related carbonate, biogenic gas, petroleum system, hydrocarbon leakage, source rock, hydraulic fracture, diagenesis, carbonate tube, concretion, diagenetic elementary sequence, gas migration, fluid migration, pockmark, fluid flow, bioherm, Sutieng Ho, Patrice Imbert, Andreas Wetzel, Martin Hovland
Fig. E. Limestone bed showing a protruding root.






Key words: Jean-philippe BlouetSutieng Ho methane authigenic carbonate


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